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Texas city's first bus service meeting early ridership goals

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Metro ArlingtonXpress (MAX), the city’s first commuter bus service, is meeting its early goals, according to a DallasNews.com report.

The two-year pilot program taking passengers between a stop near the University of Texas at Arlington and the Trinity Railway Express CentrePort Station near D/FW Airport, has been logging about 250 passenger trips a day since it opened in August 2013.

The course is available in hard copy containing seven interactive CDs together with a trainer’s guide, a driver’s study guide, and a book of practice tests. Alternately, the course is available over the web through a learning management system, so that applicants can go through the training and practice tests from any location.